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BRAIN-TEASER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brain-teaser mean?
• BRAIN-TEASER (noun)
The noun BRAIN-TEASER has 1 sense:
1. a difficult problem
Familiarity information: BRAIN-TEASER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A difficult problem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
brain-teaser; conundrum; enigma; riddle
Hypernyms ("brain-teaser" is a kind of...):
problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)
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